Cheese Profiles
Complete profiles for every cheese worth knowing. Origin, flavor, storage, pairings, and substitutes.
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What Is Avonlea Clothbound Cheddar, and Why Is It Wrapped in Cloth?
Avonlea is a raw-milk clothbound cheddar from Prince Edward Island, built from an Orkney…
What Is Basket Cheese, and Can You Substitute Ricotta?
Basket cheese is a fresh Italian-American cheese drained in the basket it is sold…
What Is Beaumont Cheese, and Why Are There Two of Them?
Beaumont is a mild Savoie cheese created in 1881. One version is a 1.5kg…
What Is Beenleigh Blue, and Why Is It Made Only Half the Year?
Beenleigh Blue is a Devon sheep milk blue made only from January to July,…
What Is Burrata Cheese, and How Should You Eat It?
Burrata's creamy center is stracciatella: shredded mozzarella mixed with fresh cream. It lasts only…
What Is Dorset Cheese, and Can You Still Buy It?
Dorset is a washed-rind Vermont cheese from Consider Bardwell Farm. Learn what it tasted…
What Is Figaro Cheese and Why Is It Wrapped in Fig Leaves?
Figaro is Andante Dairy's seasonal cow-and-goat milk cheese wrapped in wine-steeped fig leaves. Learn…
What Is Goat Cheddar Cheese and How Does It Taste?
Goat Cheddar keeps Cheddar's pressed-curd structure while goat milk changes its color and flavor.…
What Is Goat Gouda Cheese and How Does It Compare?
Goat Gouda is a washed-curd Gouda-style cheese made with goat milk. Learn how it…
What Is Harzer Cheese and Why Is It So High in Protein?
Harzer is a German sour-milk cheese with under 1% fat in a current producer…
What Is Herve Cheese and Why Does Its Rind Smell So Strong?
Herve is Belgium's PDO washed-rind cheese from the Pays de Herve. Learn why it…
What Is Hoop Cheese and Why Can the Name Mean Two Things?
Hoop cheese can mean a Southern waxed Cheddar-style wheel or pressed dry curd. Learn…
What Is Humboldt Fog Cheese and What Is the Ash Line?
Humboldt Fog is a soft-ripened California goat cheese with edible vegetable ash. Learn how…
What Is Huntsman Cheese and How Do You Cut Its Layers?
Huntsman combines Double Gloucester and Blue Stilton in visible layers. Learn how it tastes,…
What Is Hushållsost and How Is It Used in Sweden?
Hushållsost is a mild Scandinavian household cheese with small holes and an easy-slicing texture.…
What Is in Appenzeller's Secret Herbal Brine?
Appenzeller is a Swiss Alpine cheese washed with herbal brine. Learn how it tastes,…
What Is Kaşar Cheese and Should You Buy It Fresh or Aged?
Kaşar is a Turkish hot-kneaded cheese sold fresh or aged. Learn how age changes…
What Is Kashkaval Cheese and How Do You Choose One?
Kashkaval is a Balkan yellow-cheese family made from cow, sheep, or mixed milk. Learn…
What Is Keen's Cheddar and Why Does Its Farmhouse Method Matter?
Keen's Cheddar is a raw-milk, clothbound Somerset farmhouse cheese. Learn how it is made,…
What Is Keltic Gold Cheese and What Does the Cider Wash Do?
Keltic Gold is a Cornish cider-washed cheese with an edible orange rind. Learn how…
What Is Kernhem Cheese and Why Is Its Red Rind So Mild?
Kernhem is a rich Dutch washed-rind cheese developed at NIZO in Ede. Learn what…
What Is Kidderton Ash and Why Does White Mould Grow Through It?
Kidderton Ash is a pasteurized British goat log matured under food ash. Learn what…
What Is King River Gold and How Does Its Washed Rind Ripen?
King River Gold is a soft Australian washed-rind cheese from Milawa. Learn how weekly…
What Is Lamb Chopper Cheese and Why Does It Melt So Well?
Lamb Chopper is a mild Dutch sheep milk cheese made for Cypress Grove. Learn…
